After moving to the upside early in the session, stocks have come under pressure over the course of the trading day on Wednesday. The major averages have pulled back well off their highs of the session and into negative territory.
Currently, the major averages are just off their lows of the session. The Nasdaq is down 286.80 points or 1.2 percent at 22,824.66, the S&P 500 is down 52.86 points or 0.8 percent at 6,747.40 and the Dow is down 100.22 points or 0.2 percent at 48,014.04.
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